Direct torque control of a 3 phase squirrel cage Induction motor though offers a good dynamic response and is free from dynamic coordinate transformation has a major disadvantage of producing rippled torque which degrades the performance of entire drive system. A scheme is proposed in this study which employs seven levels Neutral point clamped inverter which helps in alleviating the torque disturbances. The control scheme for the proposed method is described in this study and the simulation results are reported to demonstrate its effectiveness.